New York: Stopping exercise for just 10 days can lead to significant decrease in blood flow to several regions of the brain, including the hippocampus, new research has found."We know that the hippocampus plays an important role in learning and…

London: Do you often forget things and drag your feet in the grocery store thinking about the stuff you wanted to buy? Become smarter and make a to-do-list on your phone or carry a list along to reduce the chances…

London: Taking vitamin D supplements can improve exercise performance and lower the risk of heart disease, said a new study.Vitamin D -- which is both a vitamin and a hormone -- helps control levels of calcium and phosphate in the…

New Delhi: Yoga exercises provide improvements that are just as effective as traditional pulmonary rehabilitation methods in improving lung function of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here have found.COPD…

New York: Women with Type 2 diabetes find physical activity more difficult than non-diabetic women, which in turn threatens to make them more sedentary and cause their health to worsen, according to a new study.In other words, the findings suggest,…

New York: A glass of red wine every night may help people with Type-2 diabetes manage their cholesterol and cardiac health, suggests new research.People with diabetes are more susceptible to developing cardiovascular diseases than the general population and have lower…

New York: Regular exercise and quitting smoking can stave off depression which is more common among people who had a heart attack, new research has found."Patients who are depressed after a heart attack have a two-fold risk of having another…

Toronto: Just 30 minutes of non-strenuous exercise such as walking or doing yoga can result in significant reduction of asthma symptoms, says a new study.The researchers analysed the exercise habits of 643 participants who had been diagnosed with asthma.Those who…

Sydney: Swapping just one hour of sitting with some physical activity such as walking each day, decreases your chance of an early death by 12 to 14 percent, said a new study that involved over 200,000 volunteers.The study found that…

London: Older people who regularly practice the traditional Chinese Tai Chi exercise technique are less likely to suffer high blood pressure and were physically stronger, a new study finds.Tai Chi consists of slow, gentle, flowing movements that aim to boost…